CWJC/3280/2026 of Ranjeet Paswan @ Ranjit Paswan @ Ranjit Kumar Vs That State of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3280 of 2026
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Ranjeet Paswan @ Ranjit Paswan @ Ranjit Kumar Son of Kailash Paswan @
Kailash Ram Resident of village- Kamla Nehru Nagar, P.S.- Kotwali, District-
Patna.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. That State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Excise and Prohibition
Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.
2. The Principal Secretary, Excise and Prohibition Department, Government of
Bihar, Patna.
3. The Excise Commissioner, Government of Bihar, Patna.
4. The District Magistrate, District - Patna.
5. The Senior Superintendent of Police, District - Patna.
6. The Superintendent of Police, District - Patna.
7. The Deputy Superintendent of Police, District- Patna.
8. The S.H.O., P.S.- Excise, District - Patna.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Prasoon Kumar, Advocate
For the Respondent/s : Standing Counsel (20)
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
and
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA
ORAL ORDER
(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH)
2 16-03-2026 Though the present writ petition has been filed for setting
aside the order dated 19.05.2025 passed by the Assistant
Commissioner Prohibition, B.S.B.C.L., Prohibition, Excise and
Registration Department, Sandalpur, Kumhrar, Bihar, Patna in
Vehicle Confiscation Case No. 219 of 2025-26, however at the
outset, the Ld. Counsel for the petitioner seeks liberty on behalf
of the petitioner to challenge the said order dated 19.05.2025 by
filing appropriate appeal under Section 92 of the Bihar
Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the
‘Act, 2016), as amended upto date.
2. The Ld. Counsel for the respondent has no objection in
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case appropriate appeal is filed by the petitioner.
3. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case,
we deem it fit and proper to grant liberty to the petitioner to
challenge the aforesaid order dated 19.05.2025, by filing
appropriate appeal under Section 92 of the Act, 2016 and in case
such an appeal is filed within a period of four weeks from today,
the appellate authority shall consider the same on merits and
pass a reasoned and a speaking order within a period of four
weeks, thereafter.
4. It is needless to state that in case appropriate appeal is
filed within a period of four weeks from today, the vehicle in
question i.e. the one bearing Registration No. BR01BH9925,
Chassis No. MAJ1XXMRJ1BP24228 and Engine No. BP24228
shall not be auctioned sold till the disposal of the appeal, in case
the auction has not already taken place.
5. The writ petition stands disposed off on the aforesaid
terms.
S.Sb/-
(Mohit Kumar Shah, J)
(Arun Kumar Jha, J)
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